Participle Practice

Identify the Participle: 
The freshly cut flowers smell beautiful.

• freshly

• cut

• smell

• beautiful

Due to the strict neighborhood rules, they did not get approved for a building permit.

• strict

• approved

• building

• permit

All male employees were fired, causing an uproar.

• employees

• were

• fired

• causing

The man ________ the baseball.

The two students _______ down in class.

The man and woman ________.

• taking

• tooking

• telling

• talking

The students, __________ by the guest speaker, decided to pursue careers in environmental science.

• inspired

• inspiring

__________ their homework, the students went out to play.

• Having finished

• Having been finished

__________ into consideration the weather forecast, we decided to postpone the outdoor event.

• Taking

• Taken

The novel, __________ by a young author, became an instant bestseller.

• written

• writing